Better Call Salt? Little Dibbie? Chicago names 50 finalists for snowplow naming contest
Voting is now open through Feb. 2. Chicago residents can pick up to six names out of the 50 finalists.
Gunmen rob 6 Uber drivers in two weeks on West Side
The robbers have struck at least six times at three locations since the start of the year in the Humboldt Park and Near West Side neighborhoods.
Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg announces cancer diagnosis
Sandberg was a 10-time All-Star as well as a winner of nine Gold Glove Awards, seven Silver Slugger Awards, and the 1984 National League Most Valuable Player Award.
DePaul Blue Demons fire head men's basketball coach Tony Stubblefield
The Blue Demons are 3-15 overall, and winless in Big East play in Stubblefield's third season as head coach.
2 firefighters injured, cat dead in house fire in Evanston
The fire started shortly before 10 a.m. in the basement of a home in the 1100 block of Florence Avenue.
Water main break floods street in Dixmoor
Dixmoor has had a problem with frequent water main breaks in recent years.
Woman charged with leaving boys alone in freezing car with loaded gun in Joliet
Kadesha Clark, 29, has been charged with two counts of endangering the life of a child and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
70-year-old woman struck and killed by Metra train in Washington Heights
Metra said an inbound Rock Island train hit the woman around 7:15 p.m. near 99th Street and Vincennes Avenue.
Ald. Pat Dowell meets with developers on possibility of new White Sox ballpark in South Loop
Sources have told CBS 2 the Sox are talking with developer Related Midwest about possibly building a new ballpark in a 62-acre parcel of land dubbed "The 78."
How much snow in Chicago area? Snow totals from today's winter storm
While Chicago and the suburbs only got an inch or two, heavy lake effect snow in northwest Indiana has brought up to 32 inches in La Porte County.
Missing man Jairo Munoz, 28, last seen in Belmont Cragin
Police said Munoz is mostly non-verbal, and might not be dressed properly for the cold weather.
Chicago armed robberies: 5 people robbed in past week in Back of the Yards
In each of the robberies, a gunman approached his victims on the street, stole their cash and other belongings, and ran off.
Aldermen to weigh $5 million settlement after family accuses EMTs of leaving grandfather for dead
The lawsuit accuses two Chicago Fire Department EMTs of failing to check Whitfield Marshall's vital signs, or take him to a hospital, after assuming he was dead during a well-being check.
2 Catholic schools in Cicero and Berwyn closing in June, after loss of scholarship tax credit program
The archdiocese said more than half of the students at St. Frances of Rome and St. Odilo rely on the Invest in Kids scholarship tax credit program to attend their schools.
Dangerous conditions persist in Northwest Indiana, with nearly 3 feet of snow
Snow totals in La Porte County already had reached as much as 32 inches by Friday night, and it was not over at that point.